The accounts created by artificial intelligence who impersonated the personality of the Down syndrome through social media, according to the analysis of CBS News. Many of them artificial intelligenceThe appointed definition files acquire faster followers than the defenders of real disability -and they earn money from it.
These fake accounts use the feeling of satisfaction, dancing on the wounds of songs, and thanked their followers for supporting their trips.
One video was commented, “Be proud of yourself and your difference!”
“I am very grateful, I did not give up my dream,” as he reads another post.
But the people in these accounts are not real.
CBS News confirmed that more than 30 accounts impersonate people with Down syndrome through Instagram, YouTube and Tiktok. Use some deep fish or machines. Others simulated the language of the defenders of real disability and returned it to pass it as authentic. Only a few accounts revealed the use of artificial intelligence.
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Down syndrome societies have built strong followers on social media, using well -known mood signs such as #Downsyndrome and #DowNSYNDROMENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENES to communicate and share their stories. ” The fraudsters take advantage of those same signs to appear along with real defenders.
CBS News has published videos on Tiktok and Instagram using illustrative or emotional designations to attract attention.
“A girl with Down syndrome can also go to flirting!” The connected text on one post reads.
Other accounts shared videos that respond to fabricated criticism in order to enhance participation and go viral.
I used a single account, calling himself “No. 1 DS Creatorš„”, his profile-which is filled with Down syndrome content and has more than 130,000 followers-to promote its content on an adult site only. CBS News contacted the account owner, who got the name “Sarah” and said: “Yes, I make good money from him.”
Another known account claimed, with more than 100,000 followers, claimed that he collects the money for the National Syndrome Association (NDSS), one of the leading advocacy groups in the country. But the videos that you shared appeared in a blurred and deformed face, with teltale signs of artificial intelligence. A NDSS spokesman told CBS News that they did not know this person and did not ask them to raise funds for the group. The account was later dropped.
One of the artificial intelligence who steals the stories of others is “not true”
For people with Down syndrome, these fake calculations can feel a new level of discrimination – where their living, exaggerated and continuous experiences are copied.
“It is not right to steal our stories only to attract attention online,” said Alex Bolden, who works for NDSS.
Bolden, who suffers from Down syndrome, told CBS News that he had spent years working on building his 24,000 followers. Instagram – A number of defects have been achieved in only a few months.
“These are our stories,” he said.
“It is an annoying direction,” Michel Sagan, who leads communications in NDSS, told CBS News. “I have seen the faces of my friends used in artificial intelligence posts more than once.”
It generates approximately 5,700 people with Down syndrome every year, according to Disease control and prevention centers.
In the annual Da`wah conference Many defenders agreed to many defenders of Washington, DC, last week, that individuals with Down syndrome are the ones who should tell their stories.
“While there are many reasons why these fake accounts are wrong, the principle here is that individuals with Down syndrome are the only people who should talk about what is like Down syndrome,” Kandy Picard, CEO of CBS News told CBS News.
She said that these influencers are not only Personality impersonate The identity of a person, but also the exploitation of a society that is already fighting to hear it.
“There is still a lot of work to be done to ensure the inclusion of individuals with Down syndrome and their respect in society,” Picard said.
How did Meta, Tiktok and YouTube respond?
CBS News has been contacted with Meta, Tiktok and YouTube to comment on how to process all the artificial intelligence content platform that impersonates the personality of persons with disabilities.
A Meta spokesman told CBS News: “The standards of our society apply to all the content that is published on our platforms regardless of whether it is created from artificial intelligence, and we take measures against any content that violates these policies,” a Meta spokesman told CBS News.
Each platform found that the accounts referred to by CBS News had violated its policies, removed or banned after our inquiries. But many others are still present.
Stopping the spread of accounts created from artificial intelligence is a moving target, even when the account is downloaded, another can appear quickly. Unlike real creators, these fake influencers do not need rest or leave. They are born immediately new content, nourishes the cover and pushes real people on the deeper social platforms in the margins.
“We need to help everyone in identifying these fake accounts and reporting them as they continue,” said Picard, adding that she hopes that social media platforms will take stronger measures to stop it.
